Day Three

Today I got to handle some photographs taken in the 1840's and 1860's. It turns out that Charles J. Wister Jr. was one of the first to work with photography in Philadelphia. Here is a picture of him outside his Grumblethorpe estate in 1860:

The following are some pictures I took of the more interesting finds today.

I handled the passport of Carl Heutzeberg from 1764:

I looked at a letter to the Managers of the United States Lottery:

Other highlights including looking at a letter to George Washington, a proclamation of George III and eating at Reading Terminal Market for lunch with Jackson and Maya.